Last week we successfully predicted that the Saints would finally break their road hoodoo (great word) in Philadelphia, but a day trip to the North-West is slightly different. With rain forecast in Seattle, the Saints will be outside of any comfort zone they might possibly have had (um... erm... I'm struggling here... maybe the goalposts are the same in the Superdome or something?) and will face Seattle in all their glory.
Needless to say, Pickwatch is less high on the Saints this week...
New Orleans @ Seattle (4:35pm)
**Matchup Difficulty: 75.47% **(the higher the score, the better the experts' success rate when picking these two teams. An 'average' matchup would be 62%)
Consensus: **Seattle 92%**
Top 5 Overall: **Seattle 100**%
(click 'Read More' to find out which experts picked this matchup best in 2013...)
Best Pick Index:
The Best Pick Index tracks which experts have picked the two teams most accurately at home and away this season, before ranking them based on their overall accuracy.
New orleans
Seattle
Rank
Expert
Affiliation
Road %
Home %
Overall
Pick
1
Don Banks
Sports Illustrated
75.00%
100.00%
87.5%
SEA
2
Chris Hansen
Bleacher Report
75.00%
87.50%
81.3%
SEA
3
Warren Sapp
NFL
62.50%
100.00%
81.3%
No Pick
4
Ty Schalter
Bleacher Report
75.00%
75.00%
75.0%
SEA
5
Ryan Wilson
CBS
62.50%
87.50%
75.0%
SEA
6
Mike Golic
ESPN
62.50%
87.50%
75.0%
SEA
7
Michael Fabiano
NFL
75.00%
75.00%
75.0%
SEA
8
Brian Baldinger
NFL
50.00%
100.00%
75.0%
SEA
9
Chris Brockman
NFL
62.50%
87.50%
75.0%
SEA
10
Elliot Harrison
NFL
50.00%
100.00%
75.0%
SEA
11
Gregg Rosenthal
NFL
62.50%
87.50%
75.0%
SEA
12
Henry Hodgson
NFL
62.50%
87.50%
75.0%
SEA
13
Marc Sessler
NFL
62.50%
87.50%
75.0%
SEA
14
Rich Eisen
NFL
75.00%
75.00%
75.0%
SEA
15
Gordon McGuinness
ProFootballFocus
62.50%
87.50%
75.0%
NOS
16
Neil Hornsby
ProFootballFocus
62.50%
87.50%
75.0%
SEA
17
Vinnie Iyer
Sporting News
62.50%
87.50%
75.0%
SEA
18
Tom Pelissero
USA Today
62.50%
87.50%
75.0%
SEA
19
Adam Rank
NFL
71.43%
75.00%
73.2%
SEA
20
Andrea Hangst
Bleacher Report
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
21
Erik Frenz
Bleacher Report
50.00%
87.50%
68.8%
SEA
22
Knox Bardeen
Bleacher Report
50.00%
87.50%
68.8%
NOS
23
Matt Miller
Bleacher Report
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
24
Michael Schottey
Bleacher Report
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
25
Zach Kruse
Bleacher Report
50.00%
87.50%
68.8%
SEA
26
Dave Richard
CBS
50.00%
87.50%
68.8%
SEA
27
Jamey Eisenberg
CBS
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
28
Jason La Canfora
CBS
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
29
Prediction Machine
CBS
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
SEA
30
Chris Mortensen
ESPN
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
31
Cris Carter
ESPN
50.00%
87.50%
68.8%
SEA
32
Keyshawn Johnson
ESPN
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
33
Mark Schlereth
ESPN
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
34
Merill Hoge
ESPN
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
NOS
35
Pick ‘em
ESPN
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
36
Tom Jackson
ESPN
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
37
Adam Meyer
FOX
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
38
John Halpin
FOX
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
39
Whatifsports
FOX
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
40
Chris Law
NFL
50.00%
87.50%
68.8%
SEA
41
Dan Hanzus
NFL
37.50%
100.00%
68.8%
SEA
42
Dave Damashek
NFL
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
43
Heath Evans
NFL
50.00%
87.50%
68.8%
No Pick
44
Shaun O'Hara
NFL
50.00%
87.50%
68.8%
SEA
45
Steve Mariucci
NFL
50.00%
87.50%
68.8%
SEA
46
Michael David Smith
PFT
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
47
Pickwatch
Pickwatch
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
48
Khaled Elsayed
ProFootballFocus
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
49
Rick Drummond
ProFootballFocus
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
50
Steve Palazzolo
ProFootballFocus
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
51
Yahoo Users
Yahoo
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
52
Black Tie
NFL
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
53
Nate Davis
USA Today
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
54
Lindsay H. Jones
USA Today
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
SEA
55
Pete O'Brien
USA Today
37.50%
100.00%
68.8%
SEA
56
Accuscore
Accuscore
50.00%
87.50%
68.8%
SEA
57
Les Carpenter
Yahoo
50.00%
80.00%
65.0%
No Pick
58
Matt Bowen
Bleacher Report
37.50%
87.50%
62.5%
NOS
59
Tyson Langland
Bleacher Report
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
SEA
60
John Breech
CBS
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
NOS
61
Josh Katzowitz
CBS
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
SEA
62
Pete Prisco
CBS
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
SEA
63
Will Brinson
CBS
62.50%
62.50%
62.5%
NOS
64
Adam Schefter
ESPN
62.50%
62.50%
62.5%
SEA
65
Eric Allen
ESPN
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
SEA
66
K.C. Joyner
ESPN
37.50%
87.50%
62.5%
SEA
67
Mike Ditka
ESPN
37.50%
87.50%
62.5%
SEA
68
Ron Jaworski
ESPN
37.50%
87.50%
62.5%
SEA
69
Seth Wickersham
ESPN
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
SEA
70
Ryan Fowler
FOX
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
NOS
71
Kevin Patra
NFL
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
SEA
72
Kurt Warner
NFL
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
No Pick
73
Matt Smith
NFL
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
No Pick
74
Melissa Stark
NFL
37.50%
87.50%
62.5%
SEA
75
Michael Irvin
NFL
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
SEA
76
Michael Silver
NFL
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
SEA
77
NFL FAN PICKS
NFL
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
SEA
78
Sterling Sharpe
NFL
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
SEA
79
Ben Stockwell
ProFootballFocus
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
SEA
80
Nathan Jahnke
ProFootballFocus
37.50%
87.50%
62.5%
SEA
81
Sam Monson
ProFootballFocus
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
SEA
82
Frank Schwab
Yahoo
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
No Pick
83
Jim Corbett
USA Today
50.00%
75.00%
62.5%
SEA
84
Simon Samano
USA Today
62.50%
62.50%
62.5%
SEA
85
Marshall Faulk
NFL
37.50%
85.71%
61.6%
No Pick
86
Steve Wyche
NFL
50.00%
71.43%
60.7%
SEA
87
Mike Freeman
Bleacher Report
50.00%
62.50%
56.3%
SEA
88
Chris Wesseling
NFL
50.00%
62.50%
56.3%
SEA
89
Mike Florio
PFT
50.00%
62.50%
56.3%
SEA
90
Jarrett Bell
USA Today
50.00%
62.50%
56.3%
SEA
91
Brad Gagnon
Bleacher Report
37.50%
62.50%
50.0%
SEA
92
Joel Beall
FOX
37.50%
62.50%
50.0%
NOS
93
Coin Toss
None
37.50%
50.00%
43.8%
SEA
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